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25 Essential Movies to Get a Start in Film Noir

If you've ever been intrigued by Film Noir, a genre that existed in the 1940s and 1950s before becoming Neo-Noir, but don't really know where you should start, here are 25 essential movies to get you going.
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Ace in the Hole (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
2
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
The Big Combo (1955)
The Big Combo (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
4
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
8
In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
9
Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
10
The Killers (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
12
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
14
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
16
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
The Stranger (1946)
The Stranger (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
21
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
22
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
23
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
24
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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